Sejong City Democratic Party Candidates Sweep... Former Securities CEO Hong Seong-guk Confirmed Elected

[Image source=Yonhap News]

[Asia Economy Reporter Lim Cheol-young] As of 11 PM on the 15th, when the 21st National Assembly elections were held, the Democratic Party of Korea candidates are highly likely to win in Sejong Sejong-gap and Sejong-eul.

In Sejong Sejong-gap, where 54.3% of the votes have been counted, Hong Seong-guk, a former president of Mirae Asset Daewoo and Democratic Party candidate, is expected to win by defeating Kim Jung-ro of the United Future Party. Similarly, in Sejong-eul, Democratic Party candidate Kang Jun-hyun is also likely to win by surpassing Kim Byung-joon of the United Future Party.

Sejong-eul is the constituency of Democratic Party leader Lee Hae-chan, who declared he would not run. Recently, due to electoral district reorganization, this general election was divided into two constituencies: Sejong-gap and Sejong-eul.

Following the two seats in Sejong, Democratic Party candidates are also leading in all seven constituencies in Daejeon. In Seo-gu-eul, Democratic Party candidate Park Beom-gye is expected to win.

In Daejeon Dong-gu, Democratic Party candidate Jang Cheol-min is leading with 50.8% of the votes; in Daejeon Jung-gu, Hwang Un-ha is leading with 49.8%; and in Seo-gu-gap, Park Byung-seok is leading with 49.7%.

This content was produced with the assistance of AI translation services.